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4 days ago · Robespierre (3 December 1792) Annotation. Maximillien Robespierre, a leading Jacobin deputy in the Convention, had originally opposed the trial, believing that to try the King was to imply the possibility of his innocence.
4 days ago · Chapter 11 explores the last year of Robespierre’s life, and pays particular attention to his final strategy to accelerate the process of civic regeneration: the Cult of the Supreme Being. For McPhee this represented an attempt to ‘resolve the central conundrum in his understanding of the Revolution’ (p. 197).
21 hours ago · The French Revolution [a] was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
3 days ago · Primary Source. EXECUTION OF ROBESPIERRE. Annotation. Having carried the day in the Jacobin Club, Robespierre rose to speak the next day in the Convention, where he attacked members of the Committee of Public Safety and Committee of General Security, until now his closest collaborators, for their extreme use of the Terror.
6 days ago · Primary Source. The Death of Robespierre. Annotation. This engraving, based on a color portrait by Beys, depicts the death of Robespierre on the guillotine. The executioners wear not the traditional hangman’s hood but red bonnets representing liberty. This judgment notes Robespierre’s failure to the Revolution itself.
May 17, 2024 · 1787 - 1799. Location: France. Participants: bourgeoisie. Montagnard. peasant. philosophe. sansculotte. Major Events: Coup of 18–19 Brumaire. Civil Constitution of the Clergy. French Revolutionary wars. Reign of Terror. Thermidorian Reaction. (Show more) Key People: Marie-Thérèse-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe. Louis XVI.
3 days ago · The Rise and Fall of Maximilien Robespierre. Maximilien Robespierre was one of the most well-known figures of the French Revolution. He presided over the Reign of Terror and the executions of thousands of perceived enemies of the French Republic, before meeting their same fate. He was born on May 6, 1758, in Artois.
